Business School Ethical Dilemma Case Study

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After reviewing the case study, Business School Ethical Dilemma, it was obvious that the Dean and other committee members responded positively to the ethical problem that related to the organizational ethics and certain employees. The Dean of an AASB accredited College of Business, Northern Kentucky University, was notified that research misconduct was occurring within the school (Carrell, 2007, p. 91). Once verbally notified, a written complaint was requested, and, eventually, a memo was sent in so documentation would be present. Six papers were included with the memorandum for the Dean to review himself. All six papers were multiple-authored; five of them were in the EFIS department, and the other two authors were within the former EFIS department (Carrell, 2007, p. 92).

Fortunately, the first thing the Dean decided to do about this problem was contact the University’s Legal Counsel, who ultimately told him to follow the rules presented in the NKU Faculty Policies and Procedures Handbook (Carrell, 2007, p. 92). The handbook provided a step-by-step process that should be used when conducting an investigation concerning potential research misconduct, after a written complaint is filed. Since the complaint was verbally made at first, the Dean requested that a written complaint be filed with him so legal action could be taken. The interim chair, who verbally announced the complaint, worried about the consequences this would generate with her fellow employees but finally decided to turn in a written complaint any way. Once the Dean realized the seriousness of this issue, he appointed a three-member panel to help conduct research on the issue; the panel members included the Dean, the former College of Business dean, and another fac...

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...on, he was the only person that would be judged on how this situation was resolved. According to Nelson and Treviño, a senior leader has enough influence to create, maintain, or change the cultural system (Nelson, 2007, p. 262). The Dean realized this and knew that by responding positively to this ethical dilemma, he would allow others to see that NKU believed in ethics and morals, thus creating advantages for the organization.

Works Cited

AACSB International. (2011). Accreditation. Retrieved July 28, 2011, from The association to advance collegiate schools of business: http://www.aacsb.edu/accreditation/standards.asp

Carrell, M. &. (2007). Business school ethical dilemma: A case study. Business Renaissance Quarterly , 2 (2), 91-110.

Nelson, L. &. (2007). Managing business ethics: Straight talk about how to do it right-4th ed. Hoboken: John Wiley & Songs, Inc.

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